Author : Michael C. Hardy
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2018-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781387494125
"... North Carolinians have provided some of the most vivid documentation of their experiences in the battle that defines the American Civil War. In diaries and letters, Tar Heel soldiers recounted the stories of their roles at Gettysburg"--Back cover.
Author : Rod Gragg
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 25,27 MB
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807898384
The battle of Gettysburg was the largest engagement of the Civil War, and--with more than 51,000 casualties--also the deadliest. The highest regimental casualty rate at Gettysburg, an estimated 85 percent, was incurred by the 26th North Carolina Infantry. Who were these North Carolinians? Why were they at Gettysburg? How did they come to suffer such a grievous distinction? In Covered with Glory, award-winning historian Rod Gragg reveals the extraordinary story of the 26th North Carolina in fascinating detail. Praised for its "exhaustive scholarship" and its "highly readable style," Covered with Glory chronicles the 26th's remarkable odyssey from muster near Raleigh to surrender at Appomattox. The central focus of the book, however, is the regiment's critical, tragic role at Gettysburg, where its standoff with the heralded 24th Michigan Infantry on the first day of fighting became one of the battle's most unforgettable stories. Two days later, the 26th's bloodied remnant assaulted the Federal line at Cemetery Ridge and gained additional fame for advancing "farthest to the front" in the Pickett-Pettigrew Charge.
Author : Michael C. Hardy
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 33,54 MB
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780982527580
The Battle of Chancellorsville is regarded by many historians to be the greatest military victory by General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia during the course of the Civil War, and soldiers from North Carolina served with distinction, often in the midst of some of the heaviest fighting in the battle. Despite such a proud record, the contributions by soldiers from the Old North State have long been overlooked. This collection of accounts, written during and after the war by North Carolina soldiers, describe in vivid, and often graphic, detail the bravery and sacrifice exhibited during those fateful days in May of 1863. As one Tar Heel wrote a week after the battle "North Carolina has reason to be prouder than ever of her sons." This book recounts that story as told by those very sons.
Author : Michael C. Hardy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1614235511
Though always an important North Carolina city, Charlotte truly helped to make history during the Civil War. The city's factories produced gunpowder, percussion caps, and medicine for the Confederate cause. Perhaps most importantly, Charlotte housed the Confederate Naval Ordnance Depot and Naval Works, manufacturing iron for ironclad vessels and artillery projectiles, and providing valuable ammunition for the South. Charlotte also sent over 2,500 men into the Confederate army, and played home to a military hospital, a Ladies Aid Society, a prison and even the mysterious Confederate gold. When Richmond fell, Jefferson Davis set up his headquarters in Charlotte, making it the unofficial capital. Join historian Michael C. Hardy as he recounts the triumphs and struggles of Queen City civilians and soldiers in the Civil War.
Author : Michael C. Hardy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 37,25 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738542973
The American Civil War was scarcely over when a group of ladies met in Raleigh and began to plan commemoration for the honored Confederate dead of North Carolina. In 1867, they held their first memorial service. Two years later in Fayetteville, the first monument to the state's fallen Confederate soldiers was erected. Over the next 14 decades, countless monuments were commissioned in cemeteries and courthouse squares across the state. Following Reconstruction, the veterans themselves began to gather in their local communities, and state and national reunions were held. For many of the Confederate veterans, honor for their previous service continued long after their deaths: accounts of their sacrifice were often chiseled on their grave markers. The images within this book--photographs of veterans and reunions, monuments, and tombstones--are but a sampling of the many ways that the old Confederate soldiers are commemorated across the Old North State.
Author : North Carolina Gettysburg Memorial Commission
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 21,83 MB
Release : 1929
Category : Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)
ISBN :
Author : William R. Bond
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 27,36 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
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Publisher :
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 35,6 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
ISBN :
Author : Thomas A. Desjardin
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 17,64 MB
Release : 2008-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0786741961
Ever since the guns of Gettysburg fell silent, and Lincoln delivered his famous two-minute speech four months after the battle, the story of this three-day conflict has become an American legend. We remember Gettysburg as, perhaps, the biggest, bloodiest, and most important battle ever fought-the defining conflict in American history. But how much truth is behind the legend?In These Honored Dead, Thomas A. Desjardin, a prominent Civil War historian and a perceptive cultural observer, demonstrates how flawed our knowledge of this enormous event has become, and why. He examines how Americans, for seven score years, have shaped, used, altered, and sanctified our national memory, fashioning the story of Gettysburg as a reflection of, and testimony to, our culture and our nation.
Author : Michael C. Hardy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1614233284
Civil War scholar Michael Hardy delves into the story of North Carolina's Confederate past, from civilians to soldiers, as these Tar Heels proved they were a force to be reckoned with. "First at Bethel, farthest at Gettysburg and Chickamauga and last at Appomattox" is a phrase that is often used to encapsulate the role of North Carolina's Confederate soldiers. Tar Heels witnessed the pitched battles of New Bern, Averysboro and Bentonville, as well as incursions like Sherman's March and Stoneman's Raid. The state was one of the last to leave the Union but contributed more men and sustained more dead than any other Southern state. This inclusive history of the Old North State is a must-read for any Civil War buff!
